I, Sniper (Bob Lee Swagger Novels)

The explosive New York Times bestseller by means of Stephen Hunter that sends ex-Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger into the thick of an FBI research and lines many of the maximum gunfights ever to grace the page.

It takes a pro killer…

Four famed ‘60s radicals are gunned down at lengthy variety by means of a sniper. all of the evidence—timeline, ballistics, forensics, purpose, ability, and opportunity—points to Marine battle hero Carl Hitchcock. Even his suicide. The case is sort of too perfect.

…to hunt one.

Recruited by means of the FBI to envision the information, retired Marine sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger penetrates the hot expertise of the secretive sniper international to solve a worldly conspiracy run via his such a lot ruthless adversary yet—a marksman whose prepared mind and pinpoint accuracy rival his personal. but if the enemy and his lethal henchmen mistake Bob for the hunted, it’s transparent that a few events demand an exceptional guy with a gun…and the center to exploit it.

Reissue of the vintage story of suspense set in Provence, the place an English vacationer investigates a chain of mysterious deaths, from the acclaimed grasp of motion and suspense. From everywhere Europe, even from at the back of the Iron Curtain, gypsies make an annual pilgrimage to the holy shrine in their customer saint within the Provence zone of southern France.

In an exhilarating masterwork that would make you reconsider your perceptions of lifestyles and dying, long island instances bestselling writer James Rollins takes you to the sting of medication, genetics, and expertise, revealing the subsequent evolutionary step forward: immortality. Galilee, 1025. Infiltrating an historical fortress, a Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure lengthy hidden in the fortress's labyrinth: the Bachal Isu -- the workers of Jesus Christ -- a useful icon that holds a mysterious and terrifying strength that offers to alter humankind perpetually.

The bones bring about historic mysteries and present-day terror . . . To keep on with them potential demise. in the course of a crowded provider at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in priests' gowns unharness a nightmare of blood and destruction. however the killers haven't come for gold; they search a extra worthwhile prize: the bones of the Magi who as soon as paid homage to a infant savior .

A sinister hearth in a Copenhagen book shop ignites a continuing hunt throughout 4 continents. Arson and homicide show an insidious plot to thieve a Bible that after belonged to Charles Darwin. And Commander grey Pierce dives headlong right into a secret that dates again to Nazi Germany. .. and to awful experiments played in a now-abandoned laboratory in Poland.

Nick stepped apart, and at the back of him, the place the seal of the FBI were projected, a twin of a guy swam into concentration. It used to be a difficult, lean face, ruled by way of hawklike eyes livid of their focus, thoroughly Scots-Irish, Appalachian-bred, from a hardscrabble farm or vertical plantation. In older days, the tough be aware “hillbilly” might have utilized to such focus knitting the forehead, the bricklike chin, the eyes so shut jointly. these days, the snarky of the area may observe the be aware “redneck” or perhaps “trailer trash. ” The planes of the face have been all vertical slashes; the eyebrows thick, the nostril meaty, the mouth a grim cipher. He wore the gown uniform of the USA Marine Corps with the saucer cap squared away atop his white sidewall, the forehead low to his darkish eyes. The tunic was once immaculate, the chest festooned with medals and awards. “This used to be taken in 1974, the week he retired as a grasp sergeant. He’d served the Corps for twenty-three years, did 3 excursions in Vietnam, the final as a sniper and platoon sergeant with Scout/Sniper corporation, moment Battalion, 3rd Marines close to Huu Toc, simply off the DMZ. He used to be in strive against approximately on a daily basis for 13 months. He used to be shot at much. In his different excursions he used to be an army policeman and the platoon sergeant of a line infantry corporation. He has 3 crimson Hearts in addition to the Silver famous person, which was once offered him for removal males from a burning tracked car at substantial chance and in significant soreness, as he had sustained 40 percentage first-degree burns. you will discover that his carrier list is impeccable, the stuff of heroism and sacrifice at its optimum point. for this reason not anyone here's whatever yet saddened through this improvement. ” a brand new face seemed. It was once truly an identical, notwithstanding the self-discipline had eased, the eyes have been merry, there has been extra flesh. From the attitude it was once transparent he’d been snuggling with an individual, a spouse most likely, and the outdated warrior used to be chuffed. “This is our most modern photograph of Sergeant Hitchcock. It was once taken 3 years in the past ahead of the loss of life of his spouse, Mavis. We’ve cropped her out of the image. yet this is often the guy we’re looking this day. ” “Can you define the case? ” got here a choice from the darkness. “Briefly. in response to intelligence derived from a canvass of sniper and SWAT and different long-range capturing groups, we fast got info that Sergeant Hitchcock have been depressed of past due and hadn’t been visible in weeks. We acquired a seek warrant, and at 4 this afternoon, a Bureau group with the aid of neighborhood and country legislation enforcement businesses in Jacksonville, North Carolina, served it in his homestead. We discovered a room with images at the wall of numerous of the sufferers in addition to others within the antiwar circulate of 40 years in the past. We came across the quantity ninety-seven drawn on partitions, pads of paper, at the pictures themselves, all around the room. We came upon desktop files suggesting loads of learn into the lives and whereabouts of assorted antiwar stream figures, relatively Joan Flanders, but additionally robust and Reilly.